D’Backs Sell Kam Mickolio To Hiroshima Carp

The Diamondbacks announced that they have sold Kam Mickolio to the Hiroshima Carp of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball League. ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick reported last week that Mickolio was on his way to Japan.

The 27-year-old right-hander has a 4.83 ERA along with a 33K/17BB ratio in 31 2/3 MLB innings over the course of four seasons. Mickolio has also been involved in memorable trades for Erik Bedard and Mark Reynolds.

Or maybe they wouldn’t have even made the playoffs if they still had Reynolds.

The D-Backs got 19 homers, a better average, a better OBP, much better defense and 18 stolen bases, half of the strikeouts and half the double plays from Ryan Roberts, who manned third base in 107 of their games.

Did you know that Reynolds was the absolute worst defensiv third baseman in baseball according to UZR? Yikes…

And what about that awesome bullpen? What would the D-Backs have done without those five wins and 11 saves that David Hernandez contributed? Hernandez threw the most innings out of anyone in that bullpen. What would they have done without him?